Modelling the associations of BMI, physical activity and diet with arterial blood pressure: Some results from the Allied Dunbar National Fitness Survey

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 229-247

  Nevill, A M ^c   Holder, R L ^d   Fentem, P H ^d   Rayson, M ^a   Marshall, T ^d   Cooke, C ^b   Tuxworth, W ^d  

^a Optimal Performance Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; DIASTOLE; DIET; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SYSTOLE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; DIASTOLE; DIET; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0031135661     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014469700004962     Document Type: Article

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